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• November 5, 2026 · Dispatch

  Nancy Mace Called El-Sayed 'Jihad Adjacent.' Dave Smith, a Self-Described Right-Winger, Asked: 'Where's the Evidence of This?'

  On Piers Morgan Uncensored's election-night panel, Rep. Nancy Mace said she has called Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed 'jihad adjacent' because of his family and a student group. Podcaster Dave Smith, who said 'I'm an immigration restrictionist and I'm an America First, you know, right winger,' answered: 'if you're making allegations that these guys are secret jihadists, like, where's the evidence of this?' The two items she cited are in the public record: his half-sister's 2012 and 2013 posts about relatives in the Muslim Brotherhood, and his seat on the board of the University of Michigan's Muslim Students' Association from 2003 to 2007. Bridge Michigan's fact check found 'no evidence that El-Sayed has ties to the organization.' El-Sayed won Michigan's Senate seat that night. Every quote below is checked against the broadcast audio.

• September 25, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace Says Sharia Runs Michigan. Michigan's Governor Is Gretchen Whitmer.

  On the September 21 episode of her 'Get Maced' podcast, Rep. Nancy Mace told her audience that 'Sharia law is running Michigan,' and she said it inside a sentence accusing other people of 'lying about America.' The claim is false. Michigan runs on the U.S. Constitution and a state constitution, the same as South Carolina. Its governor is Gretchen Whitmer. Fact-checkers have debunked the Michigan-sharia myth since 2015, and Girl Scouts of the USA says on the record that it teaches no religion and welcomes girls of every faith.